“As someone who doesn’t know their daughter, who will likely never know their daughter, I would like to give the parents a chance to instead reach a decision made by the two people who know her the most,” the jurist said after both sides rested Monday.

Arpad “Arki” Busson returned to the stand for about an hour Monday, refuting claims Thurman had leveled against last week — including that he brushed aside the news of her pregnancy with strict decrees.

“I was overjoyed, I wanted a little girl,” Busson said under questioning by his lawyer, Peter Bronstein. “It was a beautiful gift.”

Thurman, 46, sat high in her seat, barely suppressing an incredulous smirk and shaking her head as he claimed he never immediately informed the “Kill Bill” star that their child “won’t share your last name, cannot be a US citizen and can’t have a US passport and will be raised Catholic,’ ” as she had testified Friday.

Testimony Monday also focused on Busson’s wish that their daughter be raised Catholic, which school the young girl would eventually attend, and mysterious bruises that appeared on Luna after a trip to the Bahamas to her father.

“There’s a dock,” the 53-year-old said, “And on the left side of the dock there are stairs. [Luna] slipped on the stairs, I was 10 inches on the other side of the dock, and I got out of the water.”

“I’m a nurse,” Busson told the court, as Thurman and her attorney, Eleanor Alter, exchanged mocking grins. “Frankly I did not go to open the cheeks of her bum to see if she was badly bruised.”

On the subject of religion, Busson said: “I’m not asking for her to go into a convent and go into a nunnery, but I would like her to go to mass on big occasions, in a joyful way.”

If the duo are unable to reach a resolution Monday, they will return to court Tuesday for closing statements.